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Last month, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass new legislation to force landlords with 50 or more units to \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/16/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-major-new-actions-to-lower-housing-costs-by-limiting-rent-increases-and-building-more-homes/\">cap annual rent increases at 5%\u003c/a> or risk losing certain federal tax breaks. 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As home prices and rents rise, he said, renters have “no other choice” but to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This means that even if rental home supply was high, rent prices stayed the same, and in some cases, rents went up,” Bonta said. “This conduct is unacceptable and illegal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Apartment Association declined to comment on the case, citing the pending litigation. 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In a statement Friday to KQED, he lauded the federal antitrust lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once again, San Francisco is a model for the nation,” he said. “The rent’s too high, and that’s why I’m banning the corporate software that enables tenant price gouging here in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California has its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11773508/california-senate-approves-bill-to-cap-rent-increases\">own laws\u003c/a> prohibiting rental increases of more than 10% annually, Leah Simon-Weisberg, an attorney with the nonprofit California Center for Movement Legal Services, said this suit is evidence more regulation is needed. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, corporate landlords are under pressure to lower rents nationally. Last month, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass new legislation to force landlords with 50 or more units to \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/16/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-major-new-actions-to-lower-housing-costs-by-limiting-rent-increases-and-building-more-homes/\">cap annual rent increases at 5%\u003c/a> or risk losing certain federal tax breaks. In her first major campaign event, Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/KamalaHQ/status/1818428966559944924\">pledged\u003c/a> to “take on corporate landlords and cap unfair rent increases.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liz Zelnick, director of the Economic Security & Corporate Power Program at the consumer watchdog group, Accountable.us, said her organization \u003ca href=\"https://accountable.us/report-top-corporate-landlords-see-profits-soar-amid-rent-hikes-and-fees/\">has been investigating\u003c/a> RealPage for years after it began noticing a pattern: Corporate landlords were posting record profits while raising rents, not just in high-priced cities like Boston and San Francisco, but across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recognized that it wasn’t just plain corporate greed; it was corporate greed meets price fixing,” she said. “This is really artificially raising rates across the country in different cities and towns and making it nearly impossible for tenants to find a cheaper building in the city in which they were looking because a lot of these landlords were colluding with one another, within those same cities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement on Friday that renters in Southern California are particularly impacted by companies that use RealPage. As home prices and rents rise, he said, renters have “no other choice” but to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This means that even if rental home supply was high, rent prices stayed the same, and in some cases, rents went up,” Bonta said. “This conduct is unacceptable and illegal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Apartment Association declined to comment on the case, citing the pending litigation. For its part, the California Apartment Association said it remains committed to educating its members “about compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe in fair competition and responsible practices in the rental market,” Mike Nemeth, a spokesperson for the association, said in an email to KQED. “We’re aware of the lawsuit filed by the DOJ and Attorney General Bonta against RealPage, and we’ll be monitoring the case closely to assess its impact on California’s housing providers and renters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, a \u003ca href=\"https://accountable.us/report-top-corporate-landlords-see-profits-soar-amid-rent-hikes-and-fees/\">study\u003c/a> by Accountable.us \u003ca href=\"https://accountable.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-06-13-Housing-Location-Tracking-Spreadsheet-Sheet1.pdf\">found\u003c/a> that six real estate companies that use RealPage’s software controlled more than 18,300 units in San Francisco; over 8,600 units in Santa Clara County; nearly 4,000 units in Alameda County; and more than 2,600 units in Contra Costa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Board of Supervisors President and mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11995878/ai-raising-the-rent-san-francisco-could-be-the-first-city-to-ban-the-practice\">recently introduced legislation\u003c/a> prohibiting property owners and managers from using algorithm-based tools. In a statement Friday to KQED, he lauded the federal antitrust lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once again, San Francisco is a model for the nation,” he said. “The rent’s too high, and that’s why I’m banning the corporate software that enables tenant price gouging here in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California has its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11773508/california-senate-approves-bill-to-cap-rent-increases\">own laws\u003c/a> prohibiting rental increases of more than 10% annually, Leah Simon-Weisberg, an attorney with the nonprofit California Center for Movement Legal Services, said this suit is evidence more regulation is needed. Her organization is advocating for a measure on the Berkeley ballot that would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980492/berkeley-voters-could-face-competing-tenant-protection-measures-in-november\">strengthen tenant protections\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to stop pretending that there is a free market and stop pretending that a free market is going to solve anything,” she said. “We need regulation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Vice President Kamala Harris has embraced the cause, vowing at a rally for her presidential campaign to “take on corporate landlords and cap unfair rent increases.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even as the list of California cities with rent control gets longer, Salinas stands out for its rural nature and heavily immigrant population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really historic for a city like Salinas to move forward with these protections,” said Suzanne Dershowitz, senior staff attorney with Public Advocates, a legal advocacy organization that’s supporting the effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, large cities have borne the brunt of the housing crisis, but as it worsens, it’s spread to rural communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The struggle for housing has been evident since before the pandemic, the pandemic just intensified that tenfold,” said “xago” Juarez, an organizer with Building Healthy Communities Monterey County who’s been campaigning for renter protections in Salinas. “This is beyond crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates argue the policies would help prevent homelessness and displacement in a city where rents increased more than seven times as much as renter incomes between 2000 and 2022 and where the number of rent-burdened households spiked by nearly 60% over the same period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over half of households in Salinas rent, and half of those renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs. 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Only one of those — Oxnard — is a farmworker community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, measures that would enact rent control or strengthen existing policies are on the ballot in San Anselmo, Larkspur and Berkeley in November. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11975969/concord-tenants-claim-victory-with-passage-of-new-renter-protections\">Concord\u003c/a>, Antioch and Fairfax recently adopted rent caps, while efforts to put them on the ballot in Redwood City, Pittsburg and San Pablo failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://dornsife.usc.edu/eri/publications/rent-matters/\">Researchers have reached\u003c/a> mixed \u003ca href=\"https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/99646/rent_control._what_does_the_research_tell_us_about_the_effectiveness_of_local_action_1.pdf\">conclusions on the subject (PDF)\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/effects-rent-control-expansion-tenants-landlords-inequality-evidence\">Some studies\u003c/a> find rent control reduces tenant displacement in the short run but deters\u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166046213000641\"> landlords from investing in maintenance\u003c/a> and drives up rents in the long term; others find \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275115001122\">no impact on housing markets\u003c/a>; some \u003ca href=\"https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/effects-rent-control-expansion-tenants-landlords-inequality-evidence\">find people of color are more likely to benefit\u003c/a>, while others conclude \u003ca href=\"https://ideas.repec.org/a/bpj/bejeap/v11y2011i1n27.html\">white, wealthier people are\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California cities and counties have the authority to enact rent control laws, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act prohibits them from imposing rent control on single-family homes, condominiums, properties built after 1995, and new tenants. In November, voters will weigh in on Proposition 33, which would repeal that law and prevent the state from taking actions to limit local rent control in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Salinas, the sustained pressure from residents on city leaders to enact renter protections is especially striking given it’s a largely immigrant community where language barriers, legal and economic status present hurdles to influencing policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s all these barriers, things that work against them,” Juarez said. “They don’t have the privilege of having their complaints heard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For two years, Juarez has been helping to teach farmworker families about city government and how to participate in public meetings. “A focus of that work is them recognizing their power as residents, regardless of documentation, citizenship status, education,” he said. “If they live in Salinas, then they belong in Salinas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salinas rent control plan would cap annual rent increases at 2.75% or 75% of the Consumer Price Index, whichever is lower. 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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ince \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11960279/where-things-stand-in-san-franciscos-legal-battle-over-street-encampments\">December 2022\u003c/a>, a legal ruling has \u003ca href=\"https://homelesslaw.org/supreme-court-martin-v-boise/\">protected unhoused people in California\u003c/a> from facing criminal punishment \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000606/scenes-from-san-franciscos-unhoused-encampment-sweeps\">for living on the street\u003c/a> — as long as there’s no shelter available as an alternative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That all \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991340/supreme-court-says-laws-criminalizing-homeless-camping-do-not-violate-constitution\">changed in June\u003c/a> when the 2022 ruling by the Ninth Circuit — the court that covers most of the country’s western states — was overturned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984071/how-supreme-court-case-on-homelessness-could-affect-the-bay\">the case of the City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. 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Urging cities to do the same, Newsom said, “There are simply no more excuses. It’s time for everyone to do their part.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the aftermath of the Grants Pass ruling, what rights do unhoused communities still have amid ramped-up encampment sweeps? Keep reading for how things have already changed since the ruling, what legal advocates say unhoused people can do in the moment when caught up in a sweep, and what their housed neighbors can also do if they see a sweep in process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#homeless-sweeps\">\u003cstrong>What unhoused people can do during a sweep\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#witness-homeless-sweeps\">What housed neighbors can do as witnesses\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How have local authorities reacted to the Supreme Court ruling?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Following Newsom’s statement, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998871/the-rhetoric-is-amplified-sf-homeless-sweeps-a-focal-point-of-mayors-race\">Mayor London Breed affirmed her stance in clearing out encampments\u003c/a>, telling reporters, “We are going to make them so uncomfortable on the streets of San Francisco that they have to take our offer [of shelter or housing.] … We will be using law enforcement to cite, and those citations can get progressive and can lead to a misdemeanor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the Fresno City Council passed an ordinance — which is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/08/homeless-encampments-sweep-reax/\">still waiting on approval to be law\u003c/a> — that would make camping on public property illegal. 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But activists like Blalock stress that shelters in California are inadequate to handle the number of people facing homelessness anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of mid-August, \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/shelter/#site-type\">sites for unhoused people were 93% full in San Francisco\u003c/a>, with a little \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/adult-temporary-shelter/shelter-reservation-waitlist/\">over 200 people on a waitlist\u003c/a>. Even if a person does secure a bed, there can still be risks, as multiple media outlets have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996078/californias-law-to-fix-unsafe-homeless-shelters-ignored-by-cities-and-counties\">reported incidents\u003c/a> of sexual harassment, food shortage and mold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001044\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001044\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of the Encampment Resolution Team advises Salomon Bello Molina, 52, about temporary housing options as he packs his belongings near Cesar Chavez Street under Highway 101 in an area known as the ‘Hairball’ in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2024. Molina left behind everything except for a few carts of items. Shortly after, San Francisco Public Works team members clear the area of debris. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What kind of pushback has the Grants Pass ruling received?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not all local authorities have followed the governor’s lead. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized Newsom’s order, and the county’s Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998871/the-rhetoric-is-amplified-sf-homeless-sweeps-a-focal-point-of-mayors-race\">passed a motion\u003c/a> to prevent jail time for just living in an encampment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906733/post-grants-pass-how-are-california-cities-approaching-homelessness\">Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley told KQED Forum that arrests were “not effective”\u003c/a> and that Santa Cruz had found ways to add shelter beds and affordable housing units.“The governor ought to come visit rather than wag his finger at every jurisdiction in the state of California,” Keeley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12000606]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg was also against jail time for unhoused people and wanted instead to see the state focus on shelter availability. “Society must provide a bed to everybody, and people will have an obligation to take it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Do, an attorney with the ACLU Northern California, said that it was important to make sure a public leader’s words matched their policies — because “what happens on the ground, it often is very different.” For example, in Sacramento and Santa Cruz, he said there are simply not enough shelter opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They just categorically do not exist,” he told KQED Forum. “And even if you’re not arresting individuals, certainly there are threats of it. And it’s understandable why an individual would ultimately choose not to be arrested and have to move, instead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Janosko, an organizer based in Oakland, stressed the dangers unhoused people are facing, whether it is from arrest by police to \u003ca href=\"https://fox59.com/news/national-world/san-francisco-business-owner-filmed-spraying-woman-who-appears-to-be-homeless-with-hose/\">aggression from housed individuals\u003c/a>. “People are dying,” Janosko said. “We have a friend who just died a couple of days ago. She had brain cancer, and she was homeless this whole time. She didn’t really get the proper care that she needed to be able to beat brain cancer. She died somewhere on the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just going to get worse and worse and worse if we as a community do not stand united — to push back on Gavin Newsom and these executive orders,” Janosko said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What rights do unhoused people still have after the Supreme Court ruling?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belongings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nisha Kashyap, with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, stressed that even after the Grants Pass ruling, “people who are unhoused — like all of us — still have \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/what-does-0#:~:text=The%20Constitution%2C%20through%20the%20Fourth,deemed%20unreasonable%20under%20the%20law.\">Fourth Amendment rights to our property,\u003c/a>” which constitutionally protect people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government “That includes the property of unhoused people or unsheltered people,” Kashyap said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kashyap was one of the lawyers involved with the 2022 lawsuit against the city of San Francisco that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11960279/where-things-stand-in-san-franciscos-legal-battle-over-street-encampments\">led to the Ninth Court injunction\u003c/a>. Part of that lawsuit specifically tackled the destruction of unhoused people’s belongings during the sweeps. Since those belongings can include items like “survival gear, medication, family photos, personal IDs,” Do said, “the destruction of that material just entrenches poverty, entrenches homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Grants Pass negates parts of the injunction that protects unhoused people from criminalization, it does not override the part of the injunction that “requires [San Francisco] to store and handle people’s belongings,” Kashyap said. In fact, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999041/san-francisco-workers-clearing-homeless-encampments-need-better-training-judge-rules\">the Ninth Court reaffirmed this duty\u003c/a>, noting that San Francisco was still engaging in property destruction and the city “needed to do significantly more training around the injunction and the policy, and how to follow the policy, for its employees that handle unhoused people’s belongings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the process now of working out what that training will look like and how we can ensure that San Francisco is following its policy and the law,” Kashyap said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, while things may have changed recently around how unhoused people can be criminalized for being on the street, one thing remains the same: The law still says that cities like San Francisco can’t just toss out a person’s belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001051\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1-1020x667.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1-1536x1004.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1-1920x1255.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works crews clear encampments from Merlin Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ADA compliance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another legal strategy some advocates are pursuing — albeit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993380/unhoused-oakland-residents-eviction-battle-is-early-test-of-supreme-court-ruling\">a less tested one\u003c/a> — involves invoking the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Supreme Court ruling, residents of an Oakland encampment managed to win a temporary restraining order to pause an eviction. Since the plaintiffs could no longer use the \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-8/\">Eighth Amendment\u003c/a> (cruel and unusual punishment) due to the Supreme Court ruling, they pointed to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993380/unhoused-oakland-residents-eviction-battle-is-early-test-of-supreme-court-ruling\">Fourteenth Amendment\u003c/a> (exposure to state-created danger) and violations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Failing to provide shelter options to unhoused people that meet their disability-related needs … means that shelter is functionally unavailable to them,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993380/unhoused-oakland-residents-eviction-battle-is-early-test-of-supreme-court-ruling\">the complaint reads\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strategy requires that judges are given a list of the disabilities each person has — and how the city is not accommodating them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2023 report by the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/about/\">California Budget & Policy Center\u003c/a>, there are over 171,000 unhoused individuals in the state — and over a third of them are experiencing “chronic \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/who-is-experiencing-homelessness-in-california/\">homelessness exacerbated by a disability.\u003c/a>” A \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/the-rise-of-homelessness-among-californias-older-adults/\">2024 report\u003c/a> found that Californians over the age of 50 are disproportionately represented among unhoused individuals and that over 70% have a “disabling condition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unhoused advocate Blalock said they are seeing many cases of people with disabilities living on the streets — and ADA laws going “out the window.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I heard city workers say, ‘Oh, ADA doesn’t apply here,’ they said. “ADA applies everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"homeless-sweeps\">\u003c/a>What should I do if a city worker is trying to take my things?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ask questions about your belongings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kashyap said it is important to verbally ask the city worker for additional time to collect your belongings and move them, especially if you are disabled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She acknowledged that while it may be difficult to advocate for yourself in a stressful moment like this, you should ask the city worker questions about your belongings, like, “Where are they going to be stored? How long will they be stored for?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your belongings should be bagged and tagged and stored at the central storage location for around \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">60 days\u003c/a>.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"homelessness\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City workers also need to leave a notice behind saying where the belongings have been taken, but Kashyap is reluctant to “suggest that this always happens perfectly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that, unfortunately, despite having policies on paper, not all jurisdictions are going to follow their own policies and the law all the time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Document what’s happening\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kashyap said if you have a phone, you should take photos or videos as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Striving to “document as much as they can” is a protective measure that people should take “if they’re in a situation where they’re worried that their rights are being violated if the city is not following its own policies or procedures,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If law enforcement officers are also present at a sweep, the First Amendment protects the right of everyone — including unhoused people — to photograph and video record the police, particularly in a public place like a sidewalk. Read our full guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">filming the police\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACLU Northern California attorney Do emphasized these First Amendment rights for unhoused people and said that such documentation is a part of how folks can “still advocate for themselves.” Footage like this, Do said, can help a person raise awareness and “petition their government for real solutions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The media and the public can see — and have a right to see — what is happening with regard to these sweeps … which protects against government abuses,” Do said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seek support from local legal aid\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are concerned that your belongings have been trashed after trying to track them down, Kashyap said people should seek out free or low-cost civil legal services or local legal aid from organizations like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://lccrsf.org/get-assistance/\">Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://nlgsf.org/#\">National Lawyers Guild\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xb8gTzGpMiQQYAc0q-uNRUWZKK1aKmQN/edit\">Coalition on Homelessness\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> also has \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/how-to-help/\">an extensive database of organizations\u003c/a> dedicated to addressing homelessness in different parts of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Join forces with others in the same situation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The right to organize is something that unhoused advocate Blalock is passionate about, saying that “we only have as much power as we organize to have — and the only way we’re going to be able to fight this is by organizing and by coming together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blalock and Janosko were both part of the dissolution of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949327/the-end-of-wood-street-inside-the-struggle-for-stability-housing-on-the-margins-of-the-bay-area\">Wood Street Commons RV\u003c/a> and makeshift tiny home community by the city of Oakland last year. Most of their neighbors still haven’t been housed, Blalock said, while they have both managed to find housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re incredibly lucky to say that, but I’ll be honest with you … we deal with an immense amount of survivor’s guilt,” Blalock said. “The majority of our community is still out here, and they’re being arrested or they’re being targeted, and they’re being attacked and they’re dying. It’s great that we got housing. But at the end of the day, it doesn’t mean very much if we don’t have our family anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The experience spurred Blalock to get involved with organizing — like working with \u003ca href=\"https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/california/\">the Poor People’s Campaign\u003c/a> and the homelessness union. Blalock has actually been going to different encampments to get people to sign up as members of the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people that I’ve talked to about it are on board,” they said. “We’re just tired of being pushed around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not something that happened overnight,” Blalock said. “You can only push people so far into a corner before they come out swinging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"witness-homeless-sweeps\">\u003c/a>If I am housed, how can I help my unhoused neighbors?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kashyap said it is important for housed people to also know the rights of their unhoused neighbors — and one way they can help is by stepping up in the middle of an interaction with a city worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a housed person sees “a situation where it looks like someone’s belongings are being summarily destroyed [or] thrown away,” then “stepping in and just asking questions” can be effective, she said. But first, Kashyap said, you should ask the unhoused person for their permission before engaging any city worker on their behalf: “‘What’s going on here? Can I help you [the unhoused person] out here?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to engaging the police in such a situation, Blalock said that they wouldn’t encourage anyone to put themselves in harm’s way — and urged anyone intervening on behalf of an unhoused person to keep a cool head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can get upset, and you can get mad, and you can yell and curse the cops out and all that. But at the end of the day, the unhoused community are the ones that get the retaliation,” Blalock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kashyap said she has seen housed people, during sweeps in progress, intervene and help pack up the unhoused person’s belongings before city workers pick them up, “and move them so that they don’t get either trashed or taken to a storage yard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “bearing witness” by taking videos and photos is an “incredibly powerful thing folks can do as bystanders,” she said. “Especially as we see more and more aggressive responses to street homelessness. Responses that prioritize enforcement and punitive measures over services and care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is incumbent on all of us, as a community, to keep our eyes open,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Sydney Johnson and Vanessa Rancaño contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost immediately after the Supreme Court decision, California Gov. Gavin \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">Newsom issued a stern executive order directing state officials to start dismantling encampments\u003c/a> across California. Urging cities to do the same, Newsom said, “There are simply no more excuses. It’s time for everyone to do their part.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the aftermath of the Grants Pass ruling, what rights do unhoused communities still have amid ramped-up encampment sweeps? Keep reading for how things have already changed since the ruling, what legal advocates say unhoused people can do in the moment when caught up in a sweep, and what their housed neighbors can also do if they see a sweep in process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#homeless-sweeps\">\u003cstrong>What unhoused people can do during a sweep\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#witness-homeless-sweeps\">What housed neighbors can do as witnesses\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How have local authorities reacted to the Supreme Court ruling?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Following Newsom’s statement, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998871/the-rhetoric-is-amplified-sf-homeless-sweeps-a-focal-point-of-mayors-race\">Mayor London Breed affirmed her stance in clearing out encampments\u003c/a>, telling reporters, “We are going to make them so uncomfortable on the streets of San Francisco that they have to take our offer [of shelter or housing.] … We will be using law enforcement to cite, and those citations can get progressive and can lead to a misdemeanor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the Fresno City Council passed an ordinance — which is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/08/homeless-encampments-sweep-reax/\">still waiting on approval to be law\u003c/a> — that would make camping on public property illegal. And unhoused Californians say they are already feeling an increased police presence. According to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/08/homeless-encampments-sweep-reax/\">a report by CalMatters\u003c/a>, San Francisco authorities removed 82 tents and five structures from the city’s streets in five days after the ruling, with nine people arrested or cited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Supreme Court’s ruling means that authorities no longer need to prove that shelter is available in order to pass criminal punishment onto an unhoused person sleeping on the street. But activists like Blalock stress that shelters in California are inadequate to handle the number of people facing homelessness anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of mid-August, \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/shelter/#site-type\">sites for unhoused people were 93% full in San Francisco\u003c/a>, with a little \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/adult-temporary-shelter/shelter-reservation-waitlist/\">over 200 people on a waitlist\u003c/a>. Even if a person does secure a bed, there can still be risks, as multiple media outlets have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996078/californias-law-to-fix-unsafe-homeless-shelters-ignored-by-cities-and-counties\">reported incidents\u003c/a> of sexual harassment, food shortage and mold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001044\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001044\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-EncampmentSweep-10-BL_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of the Encampment Resolution Team advises Salomon Bello Molina, 52, about temporary housing options as he packs his belongings near Cesar Chavez Street under Highway 101 in an area known as the ‘Hairball’ in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2024. Molina left behind everything except for a few carts of items. Shortly after, San Francisco Public Works team members clear the area of debris. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What kind of pushback has the Grants Pass ruling received?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not all local authorities have followed the governor’s lead. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized Newsom’s order, and the county’s Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998871/the-rhetoric-is-amplified-sf-homeless-sweeps-a-focal-point-of-mayors-race\">passed a motion\u003c/a> to prevent jail time for just living in an encampment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906733/post-grants-pass-how-are-california-cities-approaching-homelessness\">Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley told KQED Forum that arrests were “not effective”\u003c/a> and that Santa Cruz had found ways to add shelter beds and affordable housing units.“The governor ought to come visit rather than wag his finger at every jurisdiction in the state of California,” Keeley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg was also against jail time for unhoused people and wanted instead to see the state focus on shelter availability. “Society must provide a bed to everybody, and people will have an obligation to take it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Do, an attorney with the ACLU Northern California, said that it was important to make sure a public leader’s words matched their policies — because “what happens on the ground, it often is very different.” For example, in Sacramento and Santa Cruz, he said there are simply not enough shelter opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They just categorically do not exist,” he told KQED Forum. “And even if you’re not arresting individuals, certainly there are threats of it. And it’s understandable why an individual would ultimately choose not to be arrested and have to move, instead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Janosko, an organizer based in Oakland, stressed the dangers unhoused people are facing, whether it is from arrest by police to \u003ca href=\"https://fox59.com/news/national-world/san-francisco-business-owner-filmed-spraying-woman-who-appears-to-be-homeless-with-hose/\">aggression from housed individuals\u003c/a>. “People are dying,” Janosko said. “We have a friend who just died a couple of days ago. She had brain cancer, and she was homeless this whole time. She didn’t really get the proper care that she needed to be able to beat brain cancer. She died somewhere on the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just going to get worse and worse and worse if we as a community do not stand united — to push back on Gavin Newsom and these executive orders,” Janosko said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What rights do unhoused people still have after the Supreme Court ruling?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belongings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nisha Kashyap, with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, stressed that even after the Grants Pass ruling, “people who are unhoused — like all of us — still have \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/what-does-0#:~:text=The%20Constitution%2C%20through%20the%20Fourth,deemed%20unreasonable%20under%20the%20law.\">Fourth Amendment rights to our property,\u003c/a>” which constitutionally protect people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government “That includes the property of unhoused people or unsheltered people,” Kashyap said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kashyap was one of the lawyers involved with the 2022 lawsuit against the city of San Francisco that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11960279/where-things-stand-in-san-franciscos-legal-battle-over-street-encampments\">led to the Ninth Court injunction\u003c/a>. Part of that lawsuit specifically tackled the destruction of unhoused people’s belongings during the sweeps. Since those belongings can include items like “survival gear, medication, family photos, personal IDs,” Do said, “the destruction of that material just entrenches poverty, entrenches homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Grants Pass negates parts of the injunction that protects unhoused people from criminalization, it does not override the part of the injunction that “requires [San Francisco] to store and handle people’s belongings,” Kashyap said. In fact, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999041/san-francisco-workers-clearing-homeless-encampments-need-better-training-judge-rules\">the Ninth Court reaffirmed this duty\u003c/a>, noting that San Francisco was still engaging in property destruction and the city “needed to do significantly more training around the injunction and the policy, and how to follow the policy, for its employees that handle unhoused people’s belongings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the process now of working out what that training will look like and how we can ensure that San Francisco is following its policy and the law,” Kashyap said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, while things may have changed recently around how unhoused people can be criminalized for being on the street, one thing remains the same: The law still says that cities like San Francisco can’t just toss out a person’s belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001051\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1-1020x667.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1-1536x1004.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_EncampmentSweep_GC-16_qed-1-1920x1255.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works crews clear encampments from Merlin Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ADA compliance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another legal strategy some advocates are pursuing — albeit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993380/unhoused-oakland-residents-eviction-battle-is-early-test-of-supreme-court-ruling\">a less tested one\u003c/a> — involves invoking the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Supreme Court ruling, residents of an Oakland encampment managed to win a temporary restraining order to pause an eviction. Since the plaintiffs could no longer use the \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-8/\">Eighth Amendment\u003c/a> (cruel and unusual punishment) due to the Supreme Court ruling, they pointed to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993380/unhoused-oakland-residents-eviction-battle-is-early-test-of-supreme-court-ruling\">Fourteenth Amendment\u003c/a> (exposure to state-created danger) and violations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Failing to provide shelter options to unhoused people that meet their disability-related needs … means that shelter is functionally unavailable to them,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993380/unhoused-oakland-residents-eviction-battle-is-early-test-of-supreme-court-ruling\">the complaint reads\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strategy requires that judges are given a list of the disabilities each person has — and how the city is not accommodating them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2023 report by the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/about/\">California Budget & Policy Center\u003c/a>, there are over 171,000 unhoused individuals in the state — and over a third of them are experiencing “chronic \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/who-is-experiencing-homelessness-in-california/\">homelessness exacerbated by a disability.\u003c/a>” A \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/the-rise-of-homelessness-among-californias-older-adults/\">2024 report\u003c/a> found that Californians over the age of 50 are disproportionately represented among unhoused individuals and that over 70% have a “disabling condition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unhoused advocate Blalock said they are seeing many cases of people with disabilities living on the streets — and ADA laws going “out the window.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I heard city workers say, ‘Oh, ADA doesn’t apply here,’ they said. “ADA applies everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"homeless-sweeps\">\u003c/a>What should I do if a city worker is trying to take my things?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ask questions about your belongings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kashyap said it is important to verbally ask the city worker for additional time to collect your belongings and move them, especially if you are disabled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She acknowledged that while it may be difficult to advocate for yourself in a stressful moment like this, you should ask the city worker questions about your belongings, like, “Where are they going to be stored? How long will they be stored for?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your belongings should be bagged and tagged and stored at the central storage location for around \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">60 days\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City workers also need to leave a notice behind saying where the belongings have been taken, but Kashyap is reluctant to “suggest that this always happens perfectly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that, unfortunately, despite having policies on paper, not all jurisdictions are going to follow their own policies and the law all the time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Document what’s happening\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kashyap said if you have a phone, you should take photos or videos as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Striving to “document as much as they can” is a protective measure that people should take “if they’re in a situation where they’re worried that their rights are being violated if the city is not following its own policies or procedures,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If law enforcement officers are also present at a sweep, the First Amendment protects the right of everyone — including unhoused people — to photograph and video record the police, particularly in a public place like a sidewalk. Read our full guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">filming the police\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACLU Northern California attorney Do emphasized these First Amendment rights for unhoused people and said that such documentation is a part of how folks can “still advocate for themselves.” Footage like this, Do said, can help a person raise awareness and “petition their government for real solutions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The media and the public can see — and have a right to see — what is happening with regard to these sweeps … which protects against government abuses,” Do said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seek support from local legal aid\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are concerned that your belongings have been trashed after trying to track them down, Kashyap said people should seek out free or low-cost civil legal services or local legal aid from organizations like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://lccrsf.org/get-assistance/\">Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://nlgsf.org/#\">National Lawyers Guild\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xb8gTzGpMiQQYAc0q-uNRUWZKK1aKmQN/edit\">Coalition on Homelessness\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> also has \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/how-to-help/\">an extensive database of organizations\u003c/a> dedicated to addressing homelessness in different parts of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Join forces with others in the same situation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The right to organize is something that unhoused advocate Blalock is passionate about, saying that “we only have as much power as we organize to have — and the only way we’re going to be able to fight this is by organizing and by coming together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blalock and Janosko were both part of the dissolution of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949327/the-end-of-wood-street-inside-the-struggle-for-stability-housing-on-the-margins-of-the-bay-area\">Wood Street Commons RV\u003c/a> and makeshift tiny home community by the city of Oakland last year. Most of their neighbors still haven’t been housed, Blalock said, while they have both managed to find housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re incredibly lucky to say that, but I’ll be honest with you … we deal with an immense amount of survivor’s guilt,” Blalock said. “The majority of our community is still out here, and they’re being arrested or they’re being targeted, and they’re being attacked and they’re dying. It’s great that we got housing. But at the end of the day, it doesn’t mean very much if we don’t have our family anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The experience spurred Blalock to get involved with organizing — like working with \u003ca href=\"https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/california/\">the Poor People’s Campaign\u003c/a> and the homelessness union. Blalock has actually been going to different encampments to get people to sign up as members of the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people that I’ve talked to about it are on board,” they said. “We’re just tired of being pushed around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not something that happened overnight,” Blalock said. “You can only push people so far into a corner before they come out swinging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"witness-homeless-sweeps\">\u003c/a>If I am housed, how can I help my unhoused neighbors?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kashyap said it is important for housed people to also know the rights of their unhoused neighbors — and one way they can help is by stepping up in the middle of an interaction with a city worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a housed person sees “a situation where it looks like someone’s belongings are being summarily destroyed [or] thrown away,” then “stepping in and just asking questions” can be effective, she said. But first, Kashyap said, you should ask the unhoused person for their permission before engaging any city worker on their behalf: “‘What’s going on here? Can I help you [the unhoused person] out here?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to engaging the police in such a situation, Blalock said that they wouldn’t encourage anyone to put themselves in harm’s way — and urged anyone intervening on behalf of an unhoused person to keep a cool head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can get upset, and you can get mad, and you can yell and curse the cops out and all that. But at the end of the day, the unhoused community are the ones that get the retaliation,” Blalock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kashyap said she has seen housed people, during sweeps in progress, intervene and help pack up the unhoused person’s belongings before city workers pick them up, “and move them so that they don’t get either trashed or taken to a storage yard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “bearing witness” by taking videos and photos is an “incredibly powerful thing folks can do as bystanders,” she said. “Especially as we see more and more aggressive responses to street homelessness. Responses that prioritize enforcement and punitive measures over services and care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is incumbent on all of us, as a community, to keep our eyes open,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin is drawing a line in the sand on his approach to homelessness versus that of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998871/the-rhetoric-is-amplified-sf-homeless-sweeps-a-focal-point-of-mayors-race\">his opponents running for mayor of San Francisco\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin announced his plan, called From Crisis to Care, on Tuesday, taking a chance to criticize Mayor London Breed’s crackdown and promises from his opponents that their administrations will prioritize \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000606/scenes-from-san-franciscos-unhoused-encampment-sweeps\">clearing homeless encampments\u003c/a> after a Supreme Court ruling gave local governments expanded authority to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All these sweeps are doing is moving homelessness from one neighborhood to another,” Peskin said. “These are not actual solutions; these are election-year gimmicks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin said his plan would expand the shelter system so 2,000 fewer people have to sleep outside every night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest federal survey counted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986620/san-francisco-homelessness-up-7-despite-decline-in-street-camping\">more than 8,000 people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a> in San Francisco, but the city has fewer than 4,000 shelter beds to offer, and those are typically around 90% full. There were 198 people on the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing’s online waitlist for shelter on Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin pointed to places like the now-full family homeless shelter at Buena Vista Horace Mann K–8 Community School as examples of the work he wants to uplift as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998571\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An unhoused man relocates his belongings to a new site in anticipation of an encampment sweep by San Francisco’s Department of Public Works near Showplace Square in San Francisco on Aug. 1. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a dire situation across the school district,” said Anabel Ibanez, a teacher at Buena Vista Horace Mann who helps oversee the homelessness program. “Currently, there is a waitlist in the stayover program that’s housed here at my school. In other words, a waitlist for basic security and dignity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin’s plan would use existing funding sources — a statewide mental health bond and a San Francisco tax to fund homeless services — to open new housing and treatment beds in reactivated state and county-run hospitals and treatment centers. He is also backing Proposition G on the November ballot, which would amend the city’s charter to use general funds to subsidize housing for extremely low-income residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reducing evictions and keeping tenants in their homes is another pillar of the plan. Peskin said he would expand rent control to about 40% more San Francisco apartments that currently don’t have it, create a fund for emergency loans of up to $2,000 for people facing eviction, and expand other rent-relief programs for families facing eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not pie in the sky. And I am ready to implement it on day one to make significant progress on day one in the area of homelessness, which is the most important issue that San Francisco faces for both our housed residents and unhoused residents,” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Mayor Art Agnos endorsed Peskin’s plan on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_12000285 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/231017-LakeMercedRVs-019-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Each mayor comes up with their own program depending on the politics of the times they are in office rather than what’s in the best interest of the homeless,” Agnos said. “This complicated, unpopular social challenge needs smart management with services aimed at strengthening our current system to honestly help people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin’s plan comes as San Francisco ramps up citations and sweeps of unhoused people who refuse to move from city streets. Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">promised the crackdown\u003c/a> after the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that cities can remove tent encampments on sidewalks and other public places and force people to move even if there is no alternative place for them to go, like a temporary shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recently directed street crews that clear encampments to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998474/breed-orders-sf-homeless-outreach-workers-to-offer-relocation-out-of-city-before-shelter\">first offer people bus tickets home\u003c/a>, a resource the city has had since 2005 but recently began promoting again. Peskin said he would broaden that program, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed has also been working for years to open up places for unhoused people to go. Since 2018, when she entered office, San Francisco’s shelter slots have expanded by over 60% and housing for formerly homeless people has increased by more than 50%, according to the mayor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, without enough places for people to go, Peskin and advocates for unhoused residents say the recent crackdown has mostly amounted to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000781/sf-encampment-crackdown-gets-tents-but-not-people-off-the-streets-neighbors-say\">moving people around from block to block\u003c/a> rather than helping people exit the streets for longer-term housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have received as a supervisor more complaints about homelessness in the last 10 days than I have in the last several years,” Peskin said, adding, “I have never gotten complaints about homelessness on Pacific and Leavenworth. I’m getting them now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-rafael\">San Rafael\u003c/a> city leaders on Monday night approved a plan to establish a sanctioned encampment for unhoused people, part of a broader local push to restrict public camping in the wake of favorable court rulings and increased pressure from Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost 50 residents of the city’s largest encampment will be allowed to live there, on the same land where they now camp along Mahon Creek. The city will provide tents, case management, security, garbage and shower services within a fenced zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials hope to keep the camp in place for a maximum of a year and a half while they work toward creating a tiny home site elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are taking a very thoughtful, human-centered and trauma-informed approach to ultimately help resolve the homelessness that these folks are experiencing,” said assistant city manager John Stefanski, who’s been working on the plan since December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As public officials around the state face mounting frustration over homelessness, they’re increasingly looking to these city-approved encampments as a last resort for reducing sanitation and public safety hazards associated with tent cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José is \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/06/19/san-jose-approves-sanctioned-encampment-plan-for-500-homeless-people-near-waterways/\">moving ahead with a plan\u003c/a> to relocate 500 unhoused people into managed camps, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiego.gov/homelessness-strategies-and-solutions/services/safe-sleeping-program\">San Diego\u003c/a> has also embraced the approach. Experiments with self-governed, sanctioned camps in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978863/sacramento-gave-a-homeless-camp-a-lease-as-an-experiment-heres-what-happened\">Sacramento\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11442103/oaklands-sanctioned-homeless-camp-project-ends-on-sad-note\">Oakland\u003c/a> have proved controversial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Rafael previously ran a 50-person sanctioned encampment under Interstate 101, and 70% of its residents ended up no longer homeless, according to Stefanski.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said these projects are necessary stopgaps as the region works to create more shelter space and affordable housing. 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Without that impediment, officials said, they were able to move ahead with the sanctioned camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am so tired of waiting to take action,” Mayor Kate Colin said during Monday’s City Council meeting. “We all know the status quo is not OK.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As officials in San Rafael and across the state take advantage of the opening from the court to crack down on encampments, they’re facing a backlash from homeless advocates who warn the tactics only cause more harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a perception among city officials that they can take their gloves off and start pummeling people,” said San Rafael advocate Robbie Powelson, who’s been fighting the city’s policies for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He argues the money would be better spent putting people into permanent housing. For the $4,000 per person per month the sanctioned camp will cost, he said, the city could put people up in their own apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Stefanski said that ignores the amount of support and services unhoused people often need on their path to permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Council voted to funnel $2.2 million in encampment resolution grants and other state funding toward start-up costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that they have the green light from city leaders, outreach workers will begin identifying which of the Mahon camp’s current residents want to take up the offer to stay in the sanctioned encampment. Those who don’t participate can still get supportive services and will be free to camp elsewhere in the city as long as they abide by the updated camping ordinance, Stefanski said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Stefanski is confident many unhoused residents will embrace the program, whose design is based on comprehensive surveys with residents of the Mahon Creek camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I’m optimistic,” he said. “Because what’s the alternative here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday night, the San Rafael City Council also amended the anti-camping ordinance to reflect new flexibility in policing homelessness \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991340/supreme-court-says-laws-criminalizing-homeless-camping-do-not-violate-constitution\">granted by the Supreme Court \u003c/a>and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/25/governor-newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-address-encampments-in-their-communities-with-urgency-and-dignity/\">directive from Newsom\u003c/a> to take more aggressive action against public camping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the City Council relaxed the rules in April, a judge this month \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/08/09/federal-judge-san-rafael-can-enforce-homeless-camping-law/\">dismissed a lawsuit\u003c/a> against San Rafael that had limited its ability to enforce that ordinance, which is key to its strategy for cleaning up encampments. Without that impediment, officials said, they were able to move ahead with the sanctioned camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am so tired of waiting to take action,” Mayor Kate Colin said during Monday’s City Council meeting. “We all know the status quo is not OK.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As officials in San Rafael and across the state take advantage of the opening from the court to crack down on encampments, they’re facing a backlash from homeless advocates who warn the tactics only cause more harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a perception among city officials that they can take their gloves off and start pummeling people,” said San Rafael advocate Robbie Powelson, who’s been fighting the city’s policies for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He argues the money would be better spent putting people into permanent housing. For the $4,000 per person per month the sanctioned camp will cost, he said, the city could put people up in their own apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Stefanski said that ignores the amount of support and services unhoused people often need on their path to permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Council voted to funnel $2.2 million in encampment resolution grants and other state funding toward start-up costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that they have the green light from city leaders, outreach workers will begin identifying which of the Mahon camp’s current residents want to take up the offer to stay in the sanctioned encampment. Those who don’t participate can still get supportive services and will be free to camp elsewhere in the city as long as they abide by the updated camping ordinance, Stefanski said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Stefanski is confident many unhoused residents will embrace the program, whose design is based on comprehensive surveys with residents of the Mahon Creek camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I’m optimistic,” he said. “Because what’s the alternative here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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But at the same time, he said, the people remain, “just not the tent around them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the SoMa neighborhood group still see that as an improvement over large camps, Martin said, noting that “what really harms the business atmosphere is the large tent encampments.” Without tents, business owners can more easily ask people to move, he said. “Once there’s a tent, there’s that veil of privacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all business owners are pleased with the city’s more aggressive tack, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">Mayor London Breed promised \u003c/a>after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting cities expanded authority to police encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is really counterproductive to addressing homelessness and helping those individuals off the street,” said Christin Evans, who owns the Booksmith and the Alembic in the Haight District and acts as vice chair of the Homeless Oversight Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_12000606 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I personally have talked to individuals that have said they’ve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999041/san-francisco-workers-clearing-homeless-encampments-need-better-training-judge-rules\">lost heart medication\u003c/a>, that they’ve lost their housing paperwork, that they’ve lost their identification card, debit card,” she said. “These are really big setbacks to people that are really trying to struggle to meet their basic needs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Tenderloin, Rev. Paul Trudeau praised the city’s Health Streets Operation Center (HSOC) teams for consistently tamping down an encampment next to his nonprofit, City Hope, clearing it twice a week for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when the city clears the camp, which is most troublesome for him, the residents move across the street, becoming the barbershop owner’s problem. “There’s this constant dance,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More troubling for him, he said, is that it’s becoming increasingly hard to keep up with the overwhelming number of people who show up for the free breakfast at City Hope, which also runs a sober living facility. Since the ramp-up in HSOC team activity, lines have been stretching down the block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You get this tidal wave of humanity coming from the ebb and flow of encampments,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As unhoused people increasingly migrate within the neighborhood, he speculates they’re noticing the cafe, maybe for the first time. The volume is hard to manage, as are the incidents that he said come with these new customers: A man bashed Trudeau in the head with a rod, splitting it open, after the reverend announced the cafe wouldn’t be able to feed everyone in line; people are overdosing while waiting for food, passing out and vomiting in the cafe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000574\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works crew members ask Jasmine to relocate from Leavenworth Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been working for nine years trying to build up community, and when you have an influx come in it’s hard to take care of those who’ve called this place their living room,” Trudeau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, as city workers cleared a small encampment under Interstate 101 near Cesar Chavez and Vermont streets, Gabe Brower stopped to thank them as he was riding by on his bike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year ago, Brower said, he had his bike stolen from his front porch, and a few days later, as he was passing by the camp on his way to work, he saw one of its residents working on it. 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"title": "Scenes From San Francisco's Unhoused Encampment Sweeps",
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"headTitle": "Scenes From San Francisco’s Unhoused Encampment Sweeps | KQED",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]an Francisco officials are ramping up citations and sweeps of unhoused people sleeping on the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The escalation in enforcement comes as Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998871/the-rhetoric-is-amplified-sf-homeless-sweeps-a-focal-point-of-mayors-race\">faces a tight reelection this November\u003c/a> and increasing pressure from opponents saying the city hasn’t done enough to solve the problem. In July, she \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">vowed to more aggressively clear encampments beginning in August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor’s crackdown follows the recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/homelessness-grants-pass-ruling-19484767.php\">U.S. Supreme Court ruling\u003c/a> making it easier for cities to cite or even arrest unhoused people for sleeping on public property whether or not any alternative shelter is available. She has directed San Francisco city crews made up of police, emergency responders, social outreach workers and street cleaning workers to clear tent encampments throughout the city twice a day. Since the sweeps began, a federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999041/san-francisco-workers-clearing-homeless-encampments-need-better-training-judge-rules\">ruled the city must better train its workers\u003c/a> on how to handle unhoused people’s belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has increased shelter capacity by more than 60% since 2018 and has added more housing units for formerly unhoused people, according to the mayor’s office. But San Francisco still \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/adult-temporary-shelter/shelter-reservation-waitlist/\">lacks enough temporary shelter\u003c/a> and permanent homes for people to move into off the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s photo team spent a series of days over the past two weeks documenting the sweeps and speaking with the people impacted by them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>August 1, Showplace Square Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>City crews sweep encampments on Division Street, from Vermont Street to 9th Street, and on Alameda Street from San Bruno Ave. to Potrero Ave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 7:45 a.m. Alex Vallardo packs up his camp from under the I-80/Highway101 freeway interchange to avoid losing them to the city’s encampment sweep teams. Vallardo says he plans on staying in the same general part of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Vallardo ties his belongings to a wagon as he prepares to relocate before the sweep team arrives. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sweep begins and a team from the San Francisco Department of Public works clears out a handful of unoccupied encampments and power washes the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000640 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-800x815.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-1020x1039.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-160x163.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-1508x1536.jpg 1508w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-2010x2048.jpg 2010w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-1920x1956.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers with the Department of Public Works examine and break down the contents of an unoccupied tent and load it into trucks headed for the dump. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998575\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker with the Department of Public Works rakes a sidewalk in Showplace Square. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After clearing an encampment, a worker with the Department of Public Works sprays disinfectant and power washes the area. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By 10:50 a.m. the sweep is over in the area and Alex Vallardo returns to the same location where he’d been that morning. He says he’d like to go home to Mexico but can’t afford to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Vallardo reassembles his encampment following the sweep. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August 8, Bayview Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>City crews sweep encampments on McKinnon Ave., from Selby Street to Toland Street, and on Toland Street from McKinnon Ave. to Jerrold Ave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronnie Haggard pushes an overloaded cart up Selby Street away from McKinnon Street, where the city’s sweep will begin at 8 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haggard and Ariel Young are relocating their camp and their four puppies two blocks from where they had been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We moved from one spot to another just until they’re finished doing what they’re doing,” says Haggard. “Then we’ll move back to where we was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000328\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronnie Haggard pushes a cartload of belongings up Selby Street. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000376\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Haggard pushes another cartload of belongings up Selby Street. It took multiple trips to relocate his and Ariel Young’s encampment. Right: Haggard and Young’s puppies in their new encampment. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000329\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariel Young cleans out a pen for her puppies at the new encampment. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On McKinnon Ave., a man known as MacGyver goes through his belongings deciding what to take with him and what he’ll have to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like several residents of the area, he’s not in a tent but has built a shelter out of wooden pallets. When he leaves, MacGyver is forced to leave the pallets behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000330\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MacGyver breaks down his encampment. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000331\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MacGyver relocates the belongings he’s able to move in a shopping cart. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the sweep team works its way up at McKinnon Ave., nearby residents Suyen and José Zapatano desperately try to relocate the RV where they live with their 11-year-old son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The battery is dead and they say they’ve been trying to replace it since the night prior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As José calls out of work for the day to address the situation, a mechanic friend tries to install a new battery in the RV. DPW tells the Zapatanos that they have until 9 a.m. to move their vehicle or it will be towed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000332\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José Zapatano (left) calls out of work in order to try to relocate his family’s RV. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suyen Zapatano hugs her son not knowing if they will be able to relocate their RV or if it will be towed. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The replacement battery doesn’t work – but by strapping the RV to his car, their friend is able to tow the RV one block over and out of the sweep zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody would choose to live like this”, says Suyen. She says the family would like to find an apartment to live in but can’t because they don’t have credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José Zapatano and a friend strap the RV to the back of the friend’s car. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Zapatanos’ RV is towed by a friend one block over and out of the sweep area. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sweep moves up McKinnon Ave. and around the corner on Tolland Ave., alongside the perimeter of a large Amazon facility with crews filling the backs of pickup trucks with trash and discarded belongings to be taken to the dump. A front-end loader is used to demolish larger encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000377\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crews with the Department of Public Works dispose of the contents of encampments along McKinnon Ave. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000337\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000337\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Department of Public Works crew uses a front-end loader to scrape an encampment along Tolland Ave. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After leaving her encampment briefly to relocate a shopping cart full of belongings, a resident of McKinnon Ave. is blocked by San Francisco police officers from returning to gather the remainder of her possessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police bar a resident of McKinnon Ave. from returning to her encampment. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gilbert Cayago says he’s been living in an RV along Tolland Ave. for three years. It’s ironic, he says, that after supporting neighbors in repairing their vehicles for years, he’s now unable to start his own and will have to surrender it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cayago says he’s learned to smile through the pain and jokes with the SFPD officers on the scene. He accepts an offer from the city for placement in housing services and leaves Tolland Ave. after selecting a few prize possessions to take with him, including his guitar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000339\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilbert Cayago speaks with police officers after he is unable to relocate his RV from Tolland Ave. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000378\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Cayago’s RV is towed. Right: Cayago departs Tolland Ave. for city-provided housing. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August 8, Tenderloin Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crews sweep encampments on Leavenworth Street, between Turk and Eddy streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the afternoon sweep begins, unhoused people in the area begin packing up their things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alongside the city’s sweep team, Jay Paulino, a youth reporter at POOR Magazine, is on the scene handing out bagels to unhoused people in the area, and live streaming video documenting the sweeps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000343\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1342\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED-800x537.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED-1920x1288.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works crews begin their work on Leavenworth Street as unhoused people prepare to relocate from the area. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000342\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay Paulino offers bagels to unhoused people on Leavenworth Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Department of Public Works crewmember clears Leavenworth Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the DPW teams move up Leavenworth Street between Eddy and Ellis streets, an unhoused resident named Jasmine is asked to pack her belongings and clear the area. The sweep team power washes the sidewalks where the people had been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000574\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works crew members ask Jasmine to relocate from Leavenworth Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000345\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Department of Public Works crew member power washes the sidewalk. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August 9, South of Market Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crews sweep encampments on Merlin Street, near the intersection of Harrison and 5th streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you don’t know your rights, you’re stuck in this wave,” says Tracey Luz, a Bay Area native who was forced to move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Photo Stories' tag='photography']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the morning, Luz packs her clothes and blankets into a cart and walks with her dog around the corner from where she had been sleeping on Merlin Street, where she’s lived on and off for nearly a year. She says city crews used to clear the area once every six months or so, but it’s happened multiple times in the last couple of weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city notified Luz on August 5 that crews would be clearing the street on August 9, she said. When they arrive, she accepts an offer for shelter for the day. But she doesn’t know where she will go after that, saying the shuffle around had been “disconcerting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people lose almost everything. They might fall asleep or they are gone and come back and everything is gone,” Luz says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000348\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracey Luz with her 7-month-old puppy Scooby on Merlin Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000687\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000687\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-800x815.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-1020x1039.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-160x163.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-1508x1536.jpg 1508w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-2010x2048.jpg 2010w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-1920x1956.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works crews clear encampments from Merlin Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the nearby Embarcadero Neighborhood, James Harris was told he needed to leave an F-train stop where he’d been staying. Harris, an army veteran, has lived in San Francisco for 33 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000351\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Fire Dept. Incident Commander Leslie Fong speaks with James Harris. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED-1920x1304.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Harris packs his things to relocate his encampment. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August 9, South of Market Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crews sweep encampments on 6th Street, between Howard and Minna streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing the sweep team arrive and begin their work, Gary Lai begins folding and packing his belongings. He says he and his dog Creed are headed “westward,” as far as he can go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lai says his father is from Hawaii and he wishes he could go there. Lai says he’s been on the street in the area for 5 years but has only been staying where the sweep will take place for the past 24 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Lai carefully folds a blanket while packing up his encampment. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000380\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lai and his dog Creed relocate their encampment to outside the sweep area. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As others prepare their things to relocate, Incident Commander Leslie Fong with the San Francisco Fire Department approaches several unhoused people within the sweep area to inform them that city officials are on the scene offering services including housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000355\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Incident Commander Leslie Fong speaks with unhoused people in the sweep area. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000358\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works teams clear trash from the corner of 6th and Natoma streets. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You’d be surprised how quickly your shoes get holes in them,” says Erin Henry as she laces up a pair of shoes on Minna and 6th streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry and her partner Michael Johnson are packing away their tent and getting ready to relocate as the sweep moves up 6th Street towards their encampment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson says that the last time the area was swept he was away from his things and his good wagon was taken, making it harder to move this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the sweep approaches, Henry and Johnson relocate their things across 6th Street. to Natoma Street a block that has just been cleared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erin Henry laces up a pair of shoes after wearing her old pair through. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000381\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry and Johnson pack up and relocate their encampment to a block that has just been cleared. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August 14, Produce Market Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crews sweep an area underneath the Highway 101 onramp near Cesar Chavez Street, known as The Hairball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly before 8 a.m., Salomon Bello Molina is approached by a member of the Encampment Resolution Team known as ERT. The ERT is an initiative by the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to provide services for unhoused people, including shelter placement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he packs his belongings, Molina is advised about temporary housing options available to him, but he ultimately declines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Encampment Resolution Team member speaks with Molina about temporary housing. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000384\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000384\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Molina pets his dog Melvin, who has been his companion for seven years. Right: An Encampment Resolution Team member speaks with Molina about housing options with dogs. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Molina, 52, came to San Francisco 10 years ago with hopes of supporting his children and mother in Mexico. However, two years after his arrival, he became addicted to drugs and has been unhoused ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I came here to work, but I got lost in drugs – I relapsed,” he says. “That addiction is so powerful, you can’t have anything; you sell your things, you lose your principles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public Works employees clear debris left under Highway 101 near Cesar Chavez Street. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000382\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Public Works employees carry wood from a housing structure to a nearby trash truck. Right: Molina moves a cart of his belongings, including a lamp he hopes to trade for food. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Molina describes the encampment sweeps as overwhelming, and during this sweep, he abandoned most of his belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city shows up – the police, the cleaning crew – and they all want my attention. I can’t give them all my attention. It’s chaos,” he says, adding that the experience gives him “stage fright.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he leaves, Molina takes only a few small carts filled with food, clothes, a bike he plans to sell and a pair of table lamps he hopes to trade for food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Molina and a friend watch as Public Works employees clean a bicycle path where Molina moved his belongings, just a few hundred feet from where he had been living. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000383\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Molina holds his dog, Melvin. Right: Public Works employees clean around Molina’s belongings and allow him to remain. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When asked about the kind of support he ideally wants, Molina says he would appreciate a decent job and a quiet place to clean up and keep his dog – a small room with a bathroom, kitchen and refrigerator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000362\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The area where Molina lived is cleared of debris and items left behind. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although he was offered a motel room in the past, he turned it down, citing concerns about neighbors, bedbugs and fleas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With a decent job, I can stop bothering people here. I can leave. But right now, I have nothing,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Vanessa Rancano contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">S\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>an Francisco officials are ramping up citations and sweeps of unhoused people sleeping on the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The escalation in enforcement comes as Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998871/the-rhetoric-is-amplified-sf-homeless-sweeps-a-focal-point-of-mayors-race\">faces a tight reelection this November\u003c/a> and increasing pressure from opponents saying the city hasn’t done enough to solve the problem. In July, she \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">vowed to more aggressively clear encampments beginning in August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor’s crackdown follows the recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/homelessness-grants-pass-ruling-19484767.php\">U.S. Supreme Court ruling\u003c/a> making it easier for cities to cite or even arrest unhoused people for sleeping on public property whether or not any alternative shelter is available. She has directed San Francisco city crews made up of police, emergency responders, social outreach workers and street cleaning workers to clear tent encampments throughout the city twice a day. Since the sweeps began, a federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999041/san-francisco-workers-clearing-homeless-encampments-need-better-training-judge-rules\">ruled the city must better train its workers\u003c/a> on how to handle unhoused people’s belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has increased shelter capacity by more than 60% since 2018 and has added more housing units for formerly unhoused people, according to the mayor’s office. But San Francisco still \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/adult-temporary-shelter/shelter-reservation-waitlist/\">lacks enough temporary shelter\u003c/a> and permanent homes for people to move into off the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s photo team spent a series of days over the past two weeks documenting the sweeps and speaking with the people impacted by them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>August 1, Showplace Square Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>City crews sweep encampments on Division Street, from Vermont Street to 9th Street, and on Alameda Street from San Bruno Ave. to Potrero Ave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 7:45 a.m. Alex Vallardo packs up his camp from under the I-80/Highway101 freeway interchange to avoid losing them to the city’s encampment sweep teams. Vallardo says he plans on staying in the same general part of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Vallardo ties his belongings to a wagon as he prepares to relocate before the sweep team arrives. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sweep begins and a team from the San Francisco Department of Public works clears out a handful of unoccupied encampments and power washes the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000640 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-800x815.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-1020x1039.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-160x163.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-1508x1536.jpg 1508w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-2010x2048.jpg 2010w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-01-1920x1956.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers with the Department of Public Works examine and break down the contents of an unoccupied tent and load it into trucks headed for the dump. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998575\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker with the Department of Public Works rakes a sidewalk in Showplace Square. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-16-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After clearing an encampment, a worker with the Department of Public Works sprays disinfectant and power washes the area. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By 10:50 a.m. the sweep is over in the area and Alex Vallardo returns to the same location where he’d been that morning. He says he’d like to go home to Mexico but can’t afford to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Vallardo reassembles his encampment following the sweep. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August 8, Bayview Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>City crews sweep encampments on McKinnon Ave., from Selby Street to Toland Street, and on Toland Street from McKinnon Ave. to Jerrold Ave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronnie Haggard pushes an overloaded cart up Selby Street away from McKinnon Street, where the city’s sweep will begin at 8 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haggard and Ariel Young are relocating their camp and their four puppies two blocks from where they had been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We moved from one spot to another just until they’re finished doing what they’re doing,” says Haggard. “Then we’ll move back to where we was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000328\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronnie Haggard pushes a cartload of belongings up Selby Street. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000376\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-02-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Haggard pushes another cartload of belongings up Selby Street. It took multiple trips to relocate his and Ariel Young’s encampment. Right: Haggard and Young’s puppies in their new encampment. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000329\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariel Young cleans out a pen for her puppies at the new encampment. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On McKinnon Ave., a man known as MacGyver goes through his belongings deciding what to take with him and what he’ll have to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like several residents of the area, he’s not in a tent but has built a shelter out of wooden pallets. When he leaves, MacGyver is forced to leave the pallets behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000330\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MacGyver breaks down his encampment. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000331\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MacGyver relocates the belongings he’s able to move in a shopping cart. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the sweep team works its way up at McKinnon Ave., nearby residents Suyen and José Zapatano desperately try to relocate the RV where they live with their 11-year-old son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The battery is dead and they say they’ve been trying to replace it since the night prior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As José calls out of work for the day to address the situation, a mechanic friend tries to install a new battery in the RV. DPW tells the Zapatanos that they have until 9 a.m. to move their vehicle or it will be towed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000332\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José Zapatano (left) calls out of work in order to try to relocate his family’s RV. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-14-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suyen Zapatano hugs her son not knowing if they will be able to relocate their RV or if it will be towed. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The replacement battery doesn’t work – but by strapping the RV to his car, their friend is able to tow the RV one block over and out of the sweep zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody would choose to live like this”, says Suyen. She says the family would like to find an apartment to live in but can’t because they don’t have credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-15-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José Zapatano and a friend strap the RV to the back of the friend’s car. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-16-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Zapatanos’ RV is towed by a friend one block over and out of the sweep area. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sweep moves up McKinnon Ave. and around the corner on Tolland Ave., alongside the perimeter of a large Amazon facility with crews filling the backs of pickup trucks with trash and discarded belongings to be taken to the dump. A front-end loader is used to demolish larger encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000377\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-03-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crews with the Department of Public Works dispose of the contents of encampments along McKinnon Ave. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000337\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000337\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-18-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Department of Public Works crew uses a front-end loader to scrape an encampment along Tolland Ave. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After leaving her encampment briefly to relocate a shopping cart full of belongings, a resident of McKinnon Ave. is blocked by San Francisco police officers from returning to gather the remainder of her possessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-21-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police bar a resident of McKinnon Ave. from returning to her encampment. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gilbert Cayago says he’s been living in an RV along Tolland Ave. for three years. It’s ironic, he says, that after supporting neighbors in repairing their vehicles for years, he’s now unable to start his own and will have to surrender it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cayago says he’s learned to smile through the pain and jokes with the SFPD officers on the scene. He accepts an offer from the city for placement in housing services and leaves Tolland Ave. after selecting a few prize possessions to take with him, including his guitar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000339\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240808-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-23-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilbert Cayago speaks with police officers after he is unable to relocate his RV from Tolland Ave. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000378\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-04-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Cayago’s RV is towed. Right: Cayago departs Tolland Ave. for city-provided housing. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August 8, Tenderloin Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crews sweep encampments on Leavenworth Street, between Turk and Eddy streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the afternoon sweep begins, unhoused people in the area begin packing up their things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alongside the city’s sweep team, Jay Paulino, a youth reporter at POOR Magazine, is on the scene handing out bagels to unhoused people in the area, and live streaming video documenting the sweeps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000343\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1342\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED-800x537.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-23-KQED-1920x1288.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works crews begin their work on Leavenworth Street as unhoused people prepare to relocate from the area. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000342\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-21-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay Paulino offers bagels to unhoused people on Leavenworth Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-6-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Department of Public Works crewmember clears Leavenworth Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the DPW teams move up Leavenworth Street between Eddy and Ellis streets, an unhoused resident named Jasmine is asked to pack her belongings and clear the area. The sweep team power washes the sidewalks where the people had been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000574\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_EncampmentSweep_GC-29_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works crew members ask Jasmine to relocate from Leavenworth Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000345\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240808_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-40-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Department of Public Works crew member power washes the sidewalk. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August 9, South of Market Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crews sweep encampments on Merlin Street, near the intersection of Harrison and 5th streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you don’t know your rights, you’re stuck in this wave,” says Tracey Luz, a Bay Area native who was forced to move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the morning, Luz packs her clothes and blankets into a cart and walks with her dog around the corner from where she had been sleeping on Merlin Street, where she’s lived on and off for nearly a year. She says city crews used to clear the area once every six months or so, but it’s happened multiple times in the last couple of weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city notified Luz on August 5 that crews would be clearing the street on August 9, she said. When they arrive, she accepts an offer for shelter for the day. But she doesn’t know where she will go after that, saying the shuffle around had been “disconcerting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people lose almost everything. They might fall asleep or they are gone and come back and everything is gone,” Luz says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000348\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracey Luz with her 7-month-old puppy Scooby on Merlin Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000687\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000687\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-800x815.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-1020x1039.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-160x163.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-1508x1536.jpg 1508w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-2010x2048.jpg 2010w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-TRIPTYCH-2-1920x1956.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works crews clear encampments from Merlin Street. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the nearby Embarcadero Neighborhood, James Harris was told he needed to leave an F-train stop where he’d been staying. Harris, an army veteran, has lived in San Francisco for 33 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000351\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-41-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Fire Dept. Incident Commander Leslie Fong speaks with James Harris. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240809_ENCAMPMENTSWEEP_GC-38-KQED-1920x1304.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Harris packs his things to relocate his encampment. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August 9, South of Market Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crews sweep encampments on 6th Street, between Howard and Minna streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing the sweep team arrive and begin their work, Gary Lai begins folding and packing his belongings. He says he and his dog Creed are headed “westward,” as far as he can go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lai says his father is from Hawaii and he wishes he could go there. Lai says he’s been on the street in the area for 5 years but has only been staying where the sweep will take place for the past 24 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Lai carefully folds a blanket while packing up his encampment. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000380\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-06-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lai and his dog Creed relocate their encampment to outside the sweep area. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As others prepare their things to relocate, Incident Commander Leslie Fong with the San Francisco Fire Department approaches several unhoused people within the sweep area to inform them that city officials are on the scene offering services including housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000355\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Incident Commander Leslie Fong speaks with unhoused people in the sweep area. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000358\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works teams clear trash from the corner of 6th and Natoma streets. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You’d be surprised how quickly your shoes get holes in them,” says Erin Henry as she laces up a pair of shoes on Minna and 6th streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry and her partner Michael Johnson are packing away their tent and getting ready to relocate as the sweep moves up 6th Street towards their encampment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson says that the last time the area was swept he was away from his things and his good wagon was taken, making it harder to move this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the sweep approaches, Henry and Johnson relocate their things across 6th Street. to Natoma Street a block that has just been cleared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erin Henry laces up a pair of shoes after wearing her old pair through. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000381\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-07-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry and Johnson pack up and relocate their encampment to a block that has just been cleared. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August 14, Produce Market Neighborhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crews sweep an area underneath the Highway 101 onramp near Cesar Chavez Street, known as The Hairball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly before 8 a.m., Salomon Bello Molina is approached by a member of the Encampment Resolution Team known as ERT. The ERT is an initiative by the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to provide services for unhoused people, including shelter placement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he packs his belongings, Molina is advised about temporary housing options available to him, but he ultimately declines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Encampment Resolution Team member speaks with Molina about temporary housing. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000384\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000384\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-10-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Molina pets his dog Melvin, who has been his companion for seven years. Right: An Encampment Resolution Team member speaks with Molina about housing options with dogs. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Molina, 52, came to San Francisco 10 years ago with hopes of supporting his children and mother in Mexico. However, two years after his arrival, he became addicted to drugs and has been unhoused ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I came here to work, but I got lost in drugs – I relapsed,” he says. “That addiction is so powerful, you can’t have anything; you sell your things, you lose your principles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public Works employees clear debris left under Highway 101 near Cesar Chavez Street. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000382\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-08-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Public Works employees carry wood from a housing structure to a nearby trash truck. Right: Molina moves a cart of his belongings, including a lamp he hopes to trade for food. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Molina describes the encampment sweeps as overwhelming, and during this sweep, he abandoned most of his belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city shows up – the police, the cleaning crew – and they all want my attention. I can’t give them all my attention. It’s chaos,” he says, adding that the experience gives him “stage fright.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he leaves, Molina takes only a few small carts filled with food, clothes, a bike he plans to sell and a pair of table lamps he hopes to trade for food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-59-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Molina and a friend watch as Public Works employees clean a bicycle path where Molina moved his belongings, just a few hundred feet from where he had been living. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000383\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-800x277.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-1020x353.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-160x55.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-2048x709.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-DIPTYCH-09-1920x665.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Molina holds his dog, Melvin. Right: Public Works employees clean around Molina’s belongings and allow him to remain. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When asked about the kind of support he ideally wants, Molina says he would appreciate a decent job and a quiet place to clean up and keep his dog – a small room with a bathroom, kitchen and refrigerator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000362\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-64-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The area where Molina lived is cleared of debris and items left behind. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although he was offered a motel room in the past, he turned it down, citing concerns about neighbors, bedbugs and fleas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With a decent job, I can stop bothering people here. I can leave. But right now, I have nothing,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Vanessa Rancano contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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